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The under descnbed Bank Notes were taken away:
£50 No. 511 - October 6th, 1796.
£10 No. 2161 - November 24th, 1796,
£5 No. 9728 - November 3d, 1796.
£5 No. 4588
£5 No. 3318
£5 No. 8189
£5 No. 4180

All the Bank Notes, except the £50, are wrote upon "J. Prior, P.P.0. 11

-- 9 614 NEWS (General Post Office, December 12, 1796)

THERE being great Reason to apprehend the Bags of Letters, which should have arrived at this Office on Saturday
Morning the 26th Ultimo, from the following Towns:

Oakham, Spalding, Grantham, \lansford,
Uppingham, Peterborough, Colsterworth, Oundle,
Louth, Stilton, Bourne, Thrapstone,
Boston, Sleaford, Stamford,
have been stolen, Part of the Property contained in the Letters having been negotiated in London on Monday the 28th.
Whoever shall apprehend or convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person or Persons who stole the
said Bags, or who has or may have been concerned in negotiating Bills taken thereout, will be entitled to a reward of Two
HUNDRED POUNDS; or, if any Accomplice in the Robbery, or concerned in negotiating the Property, shall surrender
himself and make Discovery whereby the Person or Persons who stole the said Bags may be apprehended and brought to
Justice, such Discoverer will be entitled to the said Reward of Two HUNDRED POUNDS, and will also receive His Majesty's
most gracious Pardon.
ANTHONY TODD, Sec.

-- 9 615 NEWS (General Post-Office, December 16, 1796)

ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REwARD.

nm General Penny Post-Office, in Gerrard-street, Soho, having been burglariously broke open on Thursday Night, the 8th
inst. and an Iron Chest, containing a considerable Sum of Money and Bank Notes, taken away.
Whoever shall apprenhend the Person or Persons concerned in the said Burglary and Robbery, will be entitled to a
Reward of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, payable upon conviction, over and above the Reward given by Act of Parliament.
If an Accomplice will surrender himself and make discovery, whereby one or more of the Persons concerned may be
apprehended and convicted, he will be intitled to the said Reward of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS, and will also receive his
Majesty's most Gracious Pardon.
ANTHONY TODD, Secretary.
The Chest has been found in the New River, near Sadler's Wells.
The under described Bank Notes were taken away:
£50 No. 511 - October 6th, 1796.
£10 No. 2161 - Nov. 24th, 1796, wrote on J. Prior, P.P.O.
£5 No. 9728 - November 3d, 1796.
£5 No. 4588 - Nov. 18th, 1796, •••••••• J. Prior, P.P.O.
£5 No. 3318 - Oct. 11th, 1796, •••••••• J. Prior, P.P.O.
£5 _No. 8189 - June 23d, 1796, ••••••••• J. Prior, P.P.O.
£5 No. 4180 - Aug. 22d, 1796, ••••••.•• J. Prior, P.P.O.
All the above Bills were endorsed ••• A. Jones.

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